Sanitary milk protector



Oct. 20, 1936. v R. P. HARRIS SANITARY MILK PROTECTOR Filed Sept. 5, 1935 INVEQ.

and E Barr 2J6 ATTORNEY I Patented Oct. 20, 1936 g I v I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SANITARY MILK PROTECTOR Raymond P. Harris, Roanoke, Va., assignor of one-half to Frank L. Hodges, Roanoke, Va.

Application September 3, 1935, Serial No. 39,012

1 Claim. (01. 248-289) This invention relates to milk bottle protectors casing, as shown at 8. The door I is equipped and has for the primary object the provision of with a lock of any desired character for securing a device of this character to which milk. bottles the door in a closed position. may be readily adapted or applied for securing An eyelet 9 is secured to the upper wall of the said bottles against theft and for supporting said casing adjacent the doorway and has pivoted 5 bottles so that animals will be prevented from thereto a brace I 0. The other end of the brace contacting therewith. is journaled on the bar 2, the latter being pro- With these and other objects in view, this invided with an enlargement H on which rests the vention consists in certain novel features of conjournaled end of the brace. Thus it will be seen 10 struction, combination and arrangement of parts that the casing and brace are capable of swing- 10 to be hereinafter more fully described and ing in either direction on the bar 2. claimed. The lower wall of the casing has a slot l2 For acomplete understanding of my invention, formed therein, which slot opens outwardly reference is to be had to the following description through one edge of said lower wall. The edge of and accompanying drawing, in which the lower wall through which said slot extends is Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a located at the open end of the casing. The width milk bottle supported by my invention. of the slot is sufiicient to receive the necks of Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, milk bottles while the beads of the necks rest illustrating the protector. upon or engage with the upper face of the lower Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line wall, thereby supporting the bottles in the sus- 20 33 of Figure 2. pended position. With the door I in a closed Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken position and secured in said position by the lock, on the line 44 of Figure 2. it is impossible to remove the bottles from the Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral casing and with the latter supported at a de- 1 indicates a bracket consistingof a bar 2 having sired distance above the ground, animals will angularly related attaching legs 3 provided with be prevented from contacting the bottle.

apertured feet 4 to receive screws or like fasten- Having described the invention, I claim:

ers for securing the bracket I to a wall of a A sanitary milk protector comprising a milk structure or any other supporting means. When bottle supporting casing having aligned openthe bracket I is secured to a support, the bar 2 ings arranged in opposite walls thereof, a rod ex- 30 is arranged vertically and is provided with an tending through the openings and having the enlargement adjacent its lower end to form a ends thereof angularly disposed thereto and sebearing or journal 5. An elongated casing 6 is cured to a support for positioning the rod vertiarranged at a right angle to the bar 2 and the cally and the casing horizontally, spaced enupper and lower walls thereof are provided with largements formed on the rod with the casing 35 aligned openings through which the bar 2 exresting on one of said enlargements to limit the tends, the lower wall of said casing resting on the downward movement of the casing on said rod journal or hearing 5. One end of the casing is and to permit the casing to rotate in either direcclosed and the openings which receive the bar 2 tion on the rod, and a brace pivoted to the casare located adjacent said closed end. The oppoing and journaled on the rod and resting on the site end of the casing is open to form a doorway other enlargement. adapted to be closed by a door I hinged to the RAYMOND P. HARRIS. 

